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Mahindra Two Wheelers have launched 110cc autogear scooter "Gusto". The Gusto has been named after the Gust of wind with Mahindra trademark "O" added as suffix. Mahindra introduced The new scooter at the ongoing festive season in anticipation to increase its market share. The new Gusto has the Italian design elements and the 110cc M-TEC engine is been indigenously designed and developed by Mahindra engineers.
Mahindra to commemorate the 2 lac unit sales of Centuro offers the cash-back scheme on all the three variants of Centuro, the Top variant Centuro O1 gets cash discount of Rs 5000 where as Centuro N1 and Centuro Rockstar gets cash discount of Rs 3500 and Rs 2000 respectively.
Kawasaki has increased the price of its already overpriced Ninja 300 by Rs 10'000. This has happened after the launch of KTM RC390 when everybody is expecting Kawasaki to reduce the price of Ninja 300 to compete with RC390, on the contrary Kawasaki has augmented the price of Ninja 300.
The festive season will be ending soon, because manufacturers like Honda and Hero have planned their launches in November though dates are not fixed, Hero is all set to launch its flagship HX250R in November.
Mahindra Two Wheelers have announced the launch date of its new 110cc autogear scooter- Gusto, the launch is scheduled on 29th September'14. Mahindra was rigorously testing this auto gear scooter under code name "G101", which is finally christened as Gusto with "O" being importantly added to the end as it is the case with their other Mahindra products.
In a spree of motorcycle launches in almost every segment in India, Honda adds another cracking launch expected next financial year. This time it is the would be flagship model of Honda in country- Honda CBR 650F. According to a report published in autocarpro.in Mr YS Guleria, vice-president, sales & marketing, HMSI confirmed the launch of CBR 650F.
Triumph Motorcycles India has launched the Thunderbird LT (Light Tourer) today in India at a price tag of Rs 15.75 Lacs (Ex-showroom, Delhi), the bike is a tourer version of its already on sale cruiser Thunderbird Storm. The new Thunderbird LT is a 12th motorcycle launched in a row by Triumph in our country.
Yamaha has launched the new 2014 Fazer Fi Version 2.0, the bike is essentially new Yamaha FZ V2.0 from heart. The new Fazer Fi shares same 149.2cc engine with Blue Core Technology of Yamaha FZ Version 2.0.Yamaha has launched the new Fazer at a price tag of Rs 83,850 (ex-showroom, Delhi).
Honda had showcased the CX-01 concept 160cc motorcycle at 2014 auto expo, the bike was succeeded in creating the buzz in automobile sector. With showcasing the concept bike Honda had given clear indication that they are gonna take every other motorcycle manufacturer in India head on.
After successfully launching "Gixxer" a competitive product in 150cc premium motorcycle class Suzuki Motor Corporation has announced that they are planning to make India a Motorcycle manufacturing Hub. This directly interprets that Suzuki will start manufacturing its entire motorcycle range in our country and will further export them to the other Asian markets and Latin American markets directly from India.